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Красавица и чудовище / Beauty and the Beast

© Д. Л. Абрагин, А. А. Пахомова, С. А.  Матвеев, адаптация текста, словарь

© ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2019

Beauty and the Beast

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The youngest, as she was the most beautiful, was also better than her sisters.

The two eldest had a great deal of pride, because they were rich. They went out every day to parties, balls, plays, concerts, and so forth, and they laughed at their youngest sister, because she spent the greatest part of her time in reading good books.

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On the contrary, her two sisters did not know how to spend their time; they got up at ten and did nothing but wander about the whole day, lamenting the loss of their fine clothes and acquaintance. “Look at our youngest sister,” said they, one to the other, “what a poor, stupid, mean-spirited creature she is, to be contented with such an unhappy situation. ”